IRI and SPINS, the leading authority on natural, organic and specialty products, announced they are joining forces to help retailers meet shoppers’ demands for health and wellness products and find new growth.
Ocean Spray Mocktails are premium non-alcoholic juice drinks made with real fruit juice, inspired by your favorite cocktails. They are available in three delicious flavors -- Cranberry Peach Bellini, Cranberry Sangria and Tropical Citrus Paradise.
IRI has announced last year’s most successful consumer packaged goods launches in its 2016 New Product Pacesetters report, an industry-recognized benchmark analysis of exceptional first-year CPG sales success for newly launched products.
Runa, a maker of guayusa-based teas and energy drinks, has tapped veteran beverage executive Alex Galindez as its new CEO. Galindez, who was most recently the general manager of organic cold-pressed juice brand BluePrint, takes the reins from Runa co-founder Tyler Gage, who has a new role as chairman of the company.
Craft root beer maker Thunder Beast faces a trademark infringement suit from Monster Energy, while Unique Beverage Company is hit with class action litigation over allegations its coconut flavored sparkling water is deceiving to consumers
The first Jun Kombucha alcohol to be produced and bottled for national distribution, this proprietary ferment redefines the kombucha experience with its exceptional flavor created by using honey, rather than sugar, in its groundbreaking hand-crafted brews.
Advances in robotic vision, perception, motion planning and grasping enable picking capability that approaches the speed and ability of manual operators while offering superior predictability, scalability, accuracy and efficiency.
The acquisition of Maverick Brands and its flagship brand Coco Libre for a combination of cash and shares of common stock in New Age “fills an important gap to complete the Company’s functional beverage portfolio,” according to a press release.
Bonnie Herzog, Managing Director of Equity Research at Wells Fargo, wrote in the March 30 edition of the company’s “Beverage Buzz” newsletter that Monster has delayed the launch of Hydro “due to unforeseen production complications.”
Following a two-month review, Graybeard Distillery in Durham has selected The Republik, also in Durham, as its first-ever agency of record. The company will introduce its first product, Bedlam Vodka, this spring.
Brockmans Gin, the super-premium new-style gin with a taste like no other, continues its U.S. expansion, opening up distribution in Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine starting this spring. Brockmans has appointed Horizon Beverage as its broker to lead the charge for growth in these three key states.
Douglas meets market demand with a compact, cost-competitive cartoner, delivering the maximized performance of 300 cartons per minute with a 40% floorplan width reduction.
Beginning with the 2017 Major League Baseball season, Tullamore D.E.W. has entered into an initial three-year relationship with the Red Sox that includes the opening of a customized in-park bar for games and special events, serving signature Tullamore D.E.W. drinks.
Soylent announced earlier this month a partnership with creative agency Wieden+Kennedy to develop a new tech-centric marketing strategy that appeals to Soylent’s fanbase. The campaign includes the launch of the brand’s new spokesperson “Trish,” an artificially intelligent animated robot “programmed” to educate consumers on the nutrition Soylent can provide.
